Interchangeable and adjustable sign



c. TQBERRY INTERCHANGEABLE AND ADJUSTABLE SIGN 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledJuly 21 1922 wk ATTORNEY May 15, 1923.

C. T. BERRY INTERCHANGEABLE AND ADJUSTABLE SIGN 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledJuly 21 1922 /Qm 7% @%W C/ V.

Patented May 15, 1923.

hdeedtld CULLYE T. BERRY, F NEAR DAYTON, OHIO.

INTERCHANGEABLE AND ADJUSTABLE SIGN.

Application filed m 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CULLYE T. Benny, a citizen of the United States,residing in the county of Montgomery, near the city of Dayton, State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ininterchangeableand Adjustable Signs, of which the following is aspecification.

One ofthe principal objects of my invention is to provide aninterchangeable and adjustable sign that may be cheaply constructed andeconomically maintained. The inventioncontemplates the provision oftriangular posts that have'slotted faces to adjustably receive one ormore signs for display in positions which are parallelto, or at an anglewith, a road or street. For example, one sign-may be secured between twoposts for observation by persons when passing it, while other signs maybe mounted at an angle on the same posts for view by those persons whenapproaching them.

The triangular postsmay remain'permanently on a knoll or other place atthe side of a road or street to receive different signs from time totime, thus making it unnecessaryto erect a new sign each time it isdesired to change it. This interchangeablefeature of my inventionreduces advertising costs, and makes for convenience in the erection ofa sign. It is another object of my invention to provide an ornamentalhead piece for the sign which will not only flood light it when desired,but will shed water from it.

Other important and incidental objects will be brought out in thefollowing specification, and particularly set forth in the subjoinedclaims- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevationalview of my interchangeable and adjustable sign. Figure 2 is aperspective view of one of the triangular posts. Figure 3 is a crosssectional V ew taken through one of said posts on the line 7 38 ofFigure 2, showing how one of the sign supporting brackets secures a signto a face portion of said post. Figure 4 1s a top plan view of a form ofbracket to the side portion of which a sign is secured, the side of thepost which receives said bracket being shown in section. Figure 5 is atop plan View of one of the triangular posts, showing how a sign issecured thereto in a posi-- tion parallel to a face of the post. Figure6 1922. Serial No. 576,410.

is a top plan view of one of the triangular posts, show ng a signsecured to each face thereof and at a right angle to its respectiveface. Figure 7 is a top plan view of two triangular posts between whicha sign visible from the side of a road is supported, and to each ofwhich there is secured a smaller sign that projects outwardly at anangle to the first sign. Figure Sis a front view of the water-sheddingand illuminating shield secured to the upper part of the sign. AndFigure 9 is a side view thereof.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference characters1 denote corresponding parts.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates asignsupporting post which is triangular in cross section as shown inFigure 3. The post 1, which may be used individually or with anothersimilar post to support one or more signs as shown in Figure 1, hasformed in each face a series of vertically-disposed keyhole slots 2.Readily insertable in the round portion of each slot 2 is thedisc-shaped head 4 on the reduced neck portion 5 of a bracket member (3which, in Figure 3, is turned at right angles to said neck portion forattachment by means of screws 7 to the end of a rectangular sign board8. The neck portion of the bracket member is adapted to descend readilyto the bottom of the slot to form, with the head 4: which bearsagainstthe inside of the face of the post, a firm support for the sign.(See Figure 3.) This bracket member may thus be secured to each side ofa triangular post 1, so that by the use of these bracket members threesigns 8 may be firmly secured to that post for View from widelydifferent positions. (See Figure 6.)

Instead of securing the above bracket members 6 to the end of a sign,they may be secured to the middle part of the rear side of a sign tohold it flush with one face of a post 1 as shown in Figure 5.

When it is desired to support a sign between two posts 1, l, the form ofbracket shown in Figure 41 is preferred. This bracket member, which willbe designated by the numeral 9, has a neck portion 10 which is in thesame plane, and a head 11 which is inclined to it so as to be flush withthe inside surface of the face of the post. By means of screws 12 thebrackets 9 may be secured to the rear side of a sign 13 to suspend itbetween two posts 1, 1. (See Figures 1, 4 and 7.) InFig-tires 1 and 7the sides o'f' theposts which receive the sign-supporting brac'k'ets9are at an angle to permit the sign 13-to face a road, and at the same-;time to permit the mounting of two signs 8, 8 on the adjacent sides ofthose posts for view by persons approaching the entire sign along thatroad. It is thus possible to economize space by displaying one largesign and two small ones from two of my triangular posts as shown inFigures 1 and 7, and three small signs from one of those posts as shownin Figured- When itis desired to change a sign, the brackets supportingit may be readily withdrawn from the keyhole slots in the poster" postswhiclr supported it and easily attached to a new signfor erectionon thesame post or posts. Each post contains nuniber of thesekeyliole slotssothatit is'easy to adj net the vertical position of-a sign by insertingtheheads'of the supporting brackets in those slots which areatthedesiredheiglitQ Secured'to the top of the sign 13 by screws 14, isthe right-angled base portion of an overhanging shield 15 preferablyconstructed of metal; (See Figures 8 and 9.) This shield will not onlyshedwater from the sign, but is adapted to reflect light "upon itfromincandescentlamps 16, oneof which is shown in'Figure 9 as projectingforwardly from a socket member 17 mounted upon the bottom of the shield.V

I donot wish to'be limited to the details of a construction andarrangement herein shown and described, and any changes'ormodificationsmay be made therein within the scope of said post, and asign supported by each bracl'iet" device. j

'2 In a device of the" type described, the

combination with a pair of posts triangular in cross section, ofbrackets attachable to each face of'the posts, a sign supported by theangular in cross section and having'keyhole slots in each face thereof,of brackets having proj ections adapted to enter said slots, a signremovably supported by? the brackets which enter slots in two oppositesideszo-f thephsts,

and a sign supported by the' brackets which enter slots in the face ofeach postyadjacent tothe face receiving the first-sign-supportingbrackets.

4. In a device of the ty-pedeseribed, the

combination with a pair of hollow posts tri angular in cross section andpositidnedto' have their opposite facesat'anangle to each: other, eachface of said posts beingprovided" with a series of keyhole slots,brackets having projections adapted toenter said slots, a=

flanged head on eaclr projectioniturned at-an angle to the latter tobear'fiush with the in 7 side surface of the faceof' the postcontain-'ing theslot which it entered, asign 'supp'o'i'ted between the posts bysaid inclinedaliead" brackets, and a sign supported bythe brack-. etswhich enter slots in the face of each post, adjacent to the facereceiving thefirst sign supporting brackets.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set i my hand this 18th day ofJuly, 1922. I

CULLY-E IBERRY.

Vitness: v

HOWARD S. SMITH.

